My Appalachia: A Memoir

"My family lived as far back in the hollers as it was possible to go in Bell County, Kentucky. Dad worked in the timber woods and at a sawmill, when there was employment to be found. We ate what we grew on the place or could glean from the hillsides. Just about everything was made by hand. We had little contact with people outside the region." Sidney Saylor Farr grew up in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky, the eldest of ten children. Her devotion to her family led her to accept heavy respo

Author: Sidney Saylor Reynolds
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 10/05/2007
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.47w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780813124506

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2007 pg. 21
Multicultural Review 03/01/2008 pg. 57

About the Author

Sidney Saylor Farr is a former editor of Appalachian Heritage and a former Berea College staff member. Her writing has appeared in Mountain Life & Work, Appalachian Journal, Organic Gardening, and other publications. Among her books are More Than Moonshine: Appalachian Recipes and Recollections and Table Talk: Appalachian Meals and Memories.

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